RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)
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Bloody brilliant wasn't it. Ellie's a real star
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Bloody brilliant wasn't it. Ellie's a real star
Derbyshire Seagull
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- Oct 21, 2005
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Fantastic to see her getting her medal. What a smile
Tricky Dicky
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I've not followed it closely, but I think there were thoughts that her disability wasn't bad enough to class her as disabled, and therefore not eligible, but they ruled earlier in the week that she did qualify. No matter, Ellie blew her away, and I admit it brought tears to my eyes.
Lady Gull
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Me too - amazing x
Falkor
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- Jun 3, 2011
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Seems very complicated BBC Sport - Paralympics 2012: US swimmers Weggemann Zook reclassified
I have news on a new Paralympic sport that will be at 2016 thanks to a friend and a number of other people but i cant say what it is yet sadly.
Lord Bracknell
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I was watching that on the big screen at the Olympic Park. The teaboy's girlfriend used her lip-reading skills to great effect, when he called the guy who disqualified him a f****** c***.
Lady Gull
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GB men's basketball coming up - looking forward to that x
Lady Gull
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Don't tell me the score I haven't seen it yet!!!!
RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)
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A bit disappointed as they hardly showed anything of the highlights.
Still at least the boys hammered them
Just watched it myself, absolutely amazing. To come from that far behind and win by such a margin in a 200m race is absolutely phenomenal.
Jimmy Come Lately
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Wonderful atmosphere at the Olympic Park today. That place is amazing.
Also, wheelchair basketball is just as crunchingly full-on live as it looks on TV.
Also, wheelchair basketball is just as crunchingly full-on live as it looks on TV.
RowleyBirkinQ.C(deceased)
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Day 3 at the games, and team G.B's best day so far. 5 gold 5 silver 7 bronze.
Our gold medal stars today were the brilliant Ellie simmods smashing the world 400 m freestyle record by 5 seconds.
Sarah storey won her second gold of the games by winning the 500m timetrial in the velodrome.
Neil Fachie and Barney Storey (husband of Sarah) in the 1 km tandem time trial.
Richard Whitehead brilliantly broke his own world record in the 200 metres at the Olympic stadium.
And rider Natasha Baker in the individual equestrian.
As a result of the heroics today, team G.B go back up to third in the medal table with 9 gold, 16 silver and 11 bronze. Behind china and Australia with 20 and 11 gold respectably. On day 3 we're slightly ahead of games medal target of 102 total medals.
Our gold medal stars today were the brilliant Ellie simmods smashing the world 400 m freestyle record by 5 seconds.
Sarah storey won her second gold of the games by winning the 500m timetrial in the velodrome.
Neil Fachie and Barney Storey (husband of Sarah) in the 1 km tandem time trial.
Richard Whitehead brilliantly broke his own world record in the 200 metres at the Olympic stadium.
And rider Natasha Baker in the individual equestrian.
As a result of the heroics today, team G.B go back up to third in the medal table with 9 gold, 16 silver and 11 bronze. Behind china and Australia with 20 and 11 gold respectably. On day 3 we're slightly ahead of games medal target of 102 total medals.
Gazwag
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Go to channel 450, 451, 452, if you can
TheJasperCo
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Just can't seem to enjoy the Paralympics. It's almost like an anticlimax after the main Olympics. Nice to see GB doing well though in the medal table.
In what way? Not a fan of world class sport?
Lord Bracknell
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I suspect the problem is that the athletes aren't world class media personalities.
Yet.
Lady Gull
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Aled Davies - Gold - fabulous!!!